Drinking By Tobias Wolff: Motif Analysis

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Motifs are reoccurring intentional structures, contrasts, and literary devices that formulate and develop the major themes in a book. It is the thread that knits and weaves the story together. Drinking is a motif that is visible through main characters like Dwight, Toby, Chuck, Huff, and Psycho. The motif becomes more predominant towards the middle and end, when Toby lives with Dwight, his abusive step-father, and attends school at Concrete high in Seattle. Wolff implements the motif of drinking in order to convey the theme of escapism, develop characterization, and foreshadow the future lives that the characters will